BILL NUMBER: ACR 113	CHAPTERED  01/31/00

	RESOLUTION CHAPTER   13
	FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE   JANUARY 31, 2000
	ADOPTED IN SENATE   JANUARY 27, 2000
	ADOPTED IN ASSEMBLY   JANUARY 27, 2000
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY   JANUARY 27, 2000

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Romero
   (Coauthors:  Assembly Members Alquist, Aroner, Baugh, Bock,
Cardenas, Cardoza, Cedillo, Corbett, Correa, Cunneen, Davis, Dutra,
Firebaugh, Florez, Frusetta, Gallegos, Havice, Hertzberg, Honda,
Jackson, Keeley, Knox, Kuehl, Lempert, Longville, Lowenthal,
Maldonado, Mazzoni, Migden, Olberg, Reyes, Runner, Scott, Shelley,
Soto, Steinberg, Strom-Martin, Thomson, Torlakson, Villaraigosa,
Vincent, Washington, Wayne, Wesson, Wiggins, Wildman, and Wright)

                        JANUARY 20, 2000

   Assembly Concurrent Resolution No. 113--Relative to Voter
Registration Week.



	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   ACR 113, Romero.  Voter Registration Week.
   This measure would proclaim the week of January 31, 2000, to
February 7, 2000, inclusive, as Voter Registration Week.




   WHEREAS, The exercise of the voting franchise is not only a right,
it is an obligation of the citizenry of our democratic society; and
   WHEREAS, Only by registering to vote may a citizen exercise the
right and fulfill the obligation of making his or her voice heard at
an election; and
   WHEREAS, When a large portion of the voting age public fails to
vote, the fundamental principle of democratic participation in
government is jeopardized; and
   WHEREAS, Among young adults aged 18 to 24, inclusive, only 49
percent of those with college degrees vote and only 22 percent of
those with high school diplomas but no college degrees vote; and
   WHEREAS, Latinos, Blacks, Asians, and other minorities who, as a
group, represent 47 percent of the state's population, only represent
26 percent of all voters; now, therefore, be it
   Resolved by the Assembly of the State of California, the Senate
thereof concurring, That it is the intent of the Legislature to
enhance the visibility of Voter Registration Week, to proclaim the
week of January 31, 2000, to February 7, 2000, inclusive, as Voter
Registration Week, and urge all eligible Californians to register to
vote and to vote.
